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Connected Battlespace Modernizes Fight in Indo-Pacific
July 25, 2023
A KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 151st Air Refueling Wing takes off during exercise Northern Edge 23-2 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 12, 2023. The Intelligent Gateway connectivity combined with Battlespace Command and Control Center Air Battle Management hardware/software provides command and control capabilities to the ABMs conducting a distributed tactical C2 experiment during NE 23-2.
Joint Task Force Supports Scout Jamboree in Mountain State
July 24, 2023
Col. Jamie Bowen, far right, Joint Task Force-National Scout Jamboree 2023 chief of staff, briefs task force members July 18, 2023, a day before welcoming more than 15,000 Scouts, Venturers, Explorers, staff and volunteers attending the National Jamboree in Mount Hope, West Virginia. Based at the West Virginia National Guard Armory in Glen Jean, West Virginia, more than 500 service members from the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve, Army National Guard, Air National Guard, U.S. Navy, U.S Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard are supporting the Jamboree.
New York Guard Soldiers Learn Urban Search and Rescue Skills
July 24, 2023
Soldiers assigned to the New York Army National Guard’s 827th Engineer Company prepare to lift a section of a simulated collapsed building during training conducted by members of the Israeli Home Front Command at the New York State Disaster Preparedness Center in Oriskany, New York, July 18, 2023, while Israeli Senior Academic Officer Raanan Ben-Sinai looks on. Fifteen Soldiers from the company, the search and extraction element of the FEMA Region II Homeland Response Force, took part in the training with members of the Fire Department New York, the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and the Missouri National Guard.
Wisconsin Guard Trains with Hospital on Patient Transport
July 21, 2023
Aurora BayCare Medical Center professionals and Soldiers from the medevac assets of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment unload a mock patient from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay, Wis., June 22.
Vermont Airmen and Soldiers Assist After Historic Flooding
July 20, 2023
Piles of debris stacked up outside the Savoy Theatre after historic flooding in Montpelier, VT, July 18, 2023.
Partnerships a Must in Shoring Up Cyber Defenses
July 20, 2023
Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard Neely, the adjutant general of the Illinois National Guard, illustrates a point during a panel discussing cyber and information warfare at the Department of Defense National Guard State Partnership Program 30th Anniversary Conference at National Harbor, Maryland, July 18, 2023.
Future Vision: Panel Discusses Way Ahead for DOD National Guard State Partnership Program
July 20, 2023
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Christopher P. Callahan, adjutant general of the Rhode Island National Guard, poses a question for members of a panel highlighting the future of the Department of Defense National Guard State Partnership Program during the program’s 30th-anniversary conference at National Harbor, Maryland, July 18, 2023.
Oklahoma National Guard Soldier Harnesses Fighting Spirit
July 20, 2023
Spc. Justin Budd, a member of the Oklahoma Army National Guard from Tulsa, Oklahoma, harnessed his fighting spirit in an unconventional way.
State Partnership Program is Enduring Answer to Global Security Threats
July 20, 2023
Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, associate director for military affairs with the Central Intelligence Agency speaks about global threats and challenges during the Department of Defense and National Guard State Partnership Program 30th Anniversary Conference at National Harbor, Maryland, July 17, 2023.
Guard, Global Partners Celebrate 30 Years of Security Cooperation
July 19, 2023
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, speaks to military and senior leaders at the Department of Defense and National Guard State Partnership Program 30th Anniversary Conference at National Harbor, Maryland, July 17, 2023.
National Guard State Partnership Program Forges Lasting Connections Beyond Military Relations
July 19, 2023
Senegalese General Mbaye Cissé, chief of general staff, Senegalese Armed Forces, right, delivers remarks as U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Gregory Knight, adjutant general, Vermont National Guard listens intently during a panel discussion with U.S. National Guard
Milley Touts Successes of Guard's State Partnership Program
July 19, 2023
Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discusses how the National Guard State Partnership Program builds trust among nations, The chairman helped mark the 30th anniversary of the program that now involves 100 countries.
Nevada Guard Partners with Samoa
July 19, 2023
The Honorable Faualo Harry Schuster, the Government of Samoa’s Minister of Police, Prisons and Corrections Services, left, and Nevada Guard Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Ondra Berry sign the Declaration of Partnership between the Nevada National Guard and the Government of Samoa on July 6 in Apia, Samoa.
Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Five in Three Incidents
July 19, 2023
Alaska Air National Guard saves 5 in 3 incidents over 4 days
‘During Soviet Occupations, Latvia Has Felt All the Consequences’
July 18, 2023
Military personnel from the Latvian National Armed Forces work side-by-side with U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Battery C, 1st Battalion, 120th Field Artillery Regiment, Wisconsin Army National Guard, while conducting close air support training during Northern Strike 22-1 (“Winter Strike”) at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center, Grayling, Mich., Jan. 27, 2022.
Massachusetts Guard, Paraguay Partner for Cyber Training
July 18, 2023
Two members of the Massachusetts National Guard, Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Jeffrey Melendez and Air Force Master Sgt. Joseph Craig, joined the Joint Combatant-Command Cyber Assessment Team (JCCAT) to participate in the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)-led visit to Paraguay for the first cyber-focused State Partnership Program (SPP) engagement .
New Hampshire National Guard Hosts Trilateral SPP Exchange
July 17, 2023
From left, Lt. Col. Domingos Correia, Cabo Verdean national director of defense, and New Hampshire Army National Guard interpreter, Pfc. Stefane Godoes de Souza of 197th Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, meet with Guardsmen at the Army Aviation Support Facility on July 11, 2023, in Concord, New Hampshire.
Army National Guard Determines Best Warriors for 2023
July 17, 2023
The 2023 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition competitors pose for a group photo at Black Rapids Training Area, Alaska on July 10, 2023.
Ohio Air National Guard Medical Group Trains in Japan
July 17, 2023
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Lee Hunter, a medical technician assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing, sutures a laceration on a patient at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan, JUly 17, 2023.
Vermont National Guard Delivers Water as Part of Flood Relief
July 17, 2023
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Hackley, truck driver, Alpha Company, 186th Brigade Support Battalion, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), Vermont Army National Guard, guides a HEMTT-LHS delivering water, Marshfield, Vt., July 13, 2023.